08-03-2019, 10:00 PM
(08-03-2019, 02:50 PM)McC Wrote: And it only took them fifteen years to get there. And both have budgets probably twice what the Reds have. So it's exactly the same.
Fifteen years? The Astros played in a World Series 10 years before 2015 (when they returned to the playoffs), and finished with a winning record as late as 2008. The Cubs were winning the division (twice!) less than 10 years before their World Series win. So that's a bit of an exaggeration, as at worst it took half that (and even less if you ignore the couple of years it probably took for both franchises to actually decide that it was the route to embrace).
